Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a communist political party in India that was founded on 26 December 1925. The party was founded at the first party congress in Kanpur, although the original concept for the party was devised at the Second Congress of the Comintern in Tashkent, Turkestan ASSR on 17 October 1920. The Communist Party shifted between left-wing and right-wing positions after independence was achieved in 1947, and its attempted armed uprisings against the Indian princes and monarchs after independence were suppressed, leading to the CPI abandoning armed struggle. In 1952, the CPI became the first leading opposition party in the Indian parliament, opposing the socialist Indian National Congress, but the party would split in 1964 when the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) split from the main CPI due to holding far-left views. The CPI became a small party, not holding much influence in the government.